Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began When I Became Yoriichi's Sister

When Iwakatsu landed again, Ikuko could see the markings that had appeared on his cheeks.

Aside from the freckles below her cheeks, the freckles on her forehead are very similar to those of Yoriichi.

Before she could even offer a warning, Iwakatsu wielded his Nichirin Blade and rapidly closed in.

Ikuko managed to parry Iwakatsu's Nichirin Blade with difficulty.

Iwakatsu's physical abilities have improved after awakening his markings, and he has already surpassed her in strength.

With a single strike, Iwakatsu repelled Yuko, and through the reflection of the blade, he saw the markings on his cheek.

Iwakatsu, who had never had such a wonderful experience before, felt his whole body filled with power.

very good!

He's in incredibly good shape right now.

Yuko was forced to retreat under his fierce offensive and was on the verge of defeat.

Having clearly felt this powerful force, Yan Sheng roared inwardly.

Yuichi!

I'm getting closer and closer to you!

Yuko calmly resisted Yan Sheng's attacks, exhaling white breath and speaking in a clear, cold voice.

"Snow Breathing - Third Form: Frosty Dance!"

Unlike the first form's defense, the second form's ability to confuse the enemy and deliver a fatal blow.

The third form of Frosty Sky Dance is a sword technique as fierce as a blizzard.

The attack swept towards Yan Sheng like a tidal wave.

"What?!" Yan Sheng's excited heart was frozen by the frenzied and dense sword force, which kept pounding on his body like a blizzard.

why!

He clearly has the advantage in both strength and speed...

“Brother.” Yu Zi suddenly looked up.

Yan Sheng looked over upon hearing the sound and saw that Yu Zi's face had a faint sadness on it.

In a daze, her expression overlapped with that of her younger brother, whose face remained calm, in Yan Sheng's eyes.

"Experience the pain of defeat."

Defeat?

An angry expression appeared on Yan Sheng's face.

He won't lose to anyone except Yoriichi!

"Breath of the Moon! Third Form! Aversion to the Moon! Erosion!"

Two crescent-shaped slashes, interspersed with dense, tiny crescent moons, came toward Yuko.

Ignoring the anger on her brother's face, Yuko held her white Nichirin Blade aloft, which gleamed brightly in the sunlight.

"Snow Breathing - Fourth Form - Warm Snow".

Suddenly, mottled snowflakes fluttered in mid-air, easily piercing through the two sharp crescent-shaped slashes, and landed one by one on Yan Sheng's body and cheeks.

Yan Sheng slightly opened his eyes.

It's warm.

No... it's the burning heat of flowing blood.

The dense, tiny slashes left countless small wounds on Yan Sheng's body.

……

Yan Sheng lay sprawled on the ground, staring blankly at the clear blue sky.

"Cough cough..." Yuko suppressed the discomfort in her lungs and put away her Nichirin Blade.

She didn't feel as comfortable as Yan Sheng had imagined. The impact on her lungs was indeed significant. After only swinging the knife a few times, she felt completely exhausted.

Her lungs couldn't keep up with her energy expenditure.

It felt like running five kilometers at full speed, only to have someone cover your mouth and nose while you're gasping for breath—it was incredibly painful, and your vision blurred for a moment.

Despite her physical discomfort, Yuko knelt down beside her brother.

Even after twenty years, she still hasn't gotten used to this sitting posture.

Yuko murmured, "Brother."

Yan Sheng remained expressionless as he gazed at the clear sky, as if he hadn't heard her call.

He lost.

The defeat was so humiliating that there was nothing more to say.

Yuko knew very well what her brother was thinking at that moment.

Has Iwakatsu never been defeated?

After joining the Demon Slayer Corps, almost all of his sparring matches with Yoriichi ended in Yoriichi's victory.

But apart from Yoriichi, he has never lost to anyone else.

Yoriichi's talent was so despairing that even Kokushibo's best efforts couldn't make him see his back.

Even so, he continued to strive forward.

Since Yan Sheng was too focused on the back of the person in front of him and never turned around to look at the person behind him, she forced her way into his line of sight from behind.

He was defeated by his almost ignored, weak younger sister.

Yan Sheng's mindset underwent a complete transformation at this moment.

Yuko lowered her head slightly, forcibly entering Yansheng's line of sight: "What is your dream, brother?"

dream?

Of course, it's about becoming the strongest warrior in the country.

……

is it?

That was true, wasn't it?

But from some point onward, he only wanted to surpass Yoriichi.

Those who never envy others have simply never met someone who is favored by all the gods and shines as brightly as the sun.

Before Yan Sheng could speak, Yu Zi raised her head again, faced forward, and spoke to herself.

"My dream is to surpass my two older brothers and become the strongest swordsman."

Upon hearing this, Yan Sheng's eyes finally moved, and he glanced at her.

just you?

Yan Sheng thought this subconsciously, but then he came to his senses and realized that Yu Zi had already defeated him. Where did he get the courage to mock her?

Yan Sheng inwardly mocked himself, but then he heard Yu Zi's voice, tinged with disappointment.

"That's how it should have been."

Yu Zi paused, then coughed twice, "cough cough..."

This lung disease always seems to surface and bother her when she doesn't need it, but it doesn't show up when she does, forcing her to pretend otherwise.

"I was injured by an evil spirit, leaving a hidden ailment in my lungs. I may never be able to move forward again," Yuko said dejectedly.

“My brother is different from me. He is more talented and stronger than me.”

Yan Sheng finally reacted, and chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Strong?"

Yu Ziwen explained gently, "I was lucky to beat my brother once because he had never seen the Breath of Snow, while I know the Breath of the Moon inside and out."

"This is all thanks to my brother's careful guidance."

Yan Sheng's expression shifted slightly, but he still didn't react much.

Even so, it is a fact that he lost to Yuko.

Seeing that the groundwork had been laid, Yuko said, "So, I want to entrust my dream to my brother."

Yan Sheng was completely stunned. A dream?

To become the strongest swordsman?

Yuko's statement actually contained a great deal of risk.

The resonance of the markings will allow countless powerful individuals to break through their own limits. With Iwasaki's talent, it is only a matter of time before he awakens his markings.

but……

Those who develop facial markings will not live past the age of twenty-five.

Yuko had seen some scattered rumors about Iwakatsu online, some saying that he became a ghost because he was afraid of death.

But at this moment, Yuko felt that it shouldn't be.

It wasn't that Kokushibo was afraid of dying and becoming a demon, but rather that once he activated his Demon Slayer Mark, he wouldn't have time to catch up with Yoriichi, and without activating his Mark, Kokushibo couldn't make any further progress.

You can tell from the amount of training Iwakatsu does every day that he always wants to surpass Yoriichi.

As long as Yan Sheng's jealousy remains, as long as Yan Sheng is unwilling to slow down.

Then it was inevitable that he would become a ghost.

Strictly speaking, there is only one way to solve this problem.

It was in their generation that the Demon King Muzan's life was ended.

Yuko had not read the manga, and only knew that Yoriichi had fought Muzan when he was young.

That Yoriichi rushed over with a knife, and she brainwashed me with the question, "What do you take life for?" She'd watched it countless times.

Even Yoriichi couldn't kill Muzan.

Yoriichi definitely had the strength to defeat Muzan, but it was probably because Muzan's powerful life force as a demon prevented Yoriichi from killing him, and he could only repel him.

For a creature like a ghost, escaping isn't actually that difficult.

After all, losing an arm or a leg has almost no impact on their health.

Given that the above conditions were difficult to meet, Yuko came up with a solution that was hardly a solution at all.

That is, to awaken the self-esteem that Yan Sheng had almost completely lost in front of his younger brother.

Yan Sheng is a person with extreme inferiority complex and an extremely strong sense of jealousy.

'I want to surpass my two older brothers and become the strongest swordsman.'

The point is not to become the strongest swordsman, but to surpass his two older brothers.

Let Yan Sheng know that he is also a target being chased by others.

There is only one sun, and the moon is unique.